JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, called and congratulated the President-elect of Israel MK Reuven ‘Rubi’ Rivlin who will serve as the 10th President of the State of Israel from the end of July. “Rubi, Your Excellency the next President of the State of Israel, you are right
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–A Palestinian soccer player who met with a Hamas terrorist in Qatar this year was arrested by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet). Sameh Fares Mohammad, 22, from Kalkilya, had travelled to Qatar for a soccer training camp in April, when he secretly met with a Hamas terrorist that had been freed
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — Write Out Loud presents its first evening of Jewish short stories, Bubbeleh, Listen to This, at 7:30 p.m on Monday, June 16, at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive., Solana Beach. “Jewish literature is replete with wonderful stories about Jewish life,” says Write Out Loud Artistic Director,
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Travel and FoodTemple Beth Sholom P.T.A. Elects Officers Southwestern Jewish Press, May 2, 1958, Page 6 A Parent-Teachers Council for the Temple Beth Sholom School of Chula Vista was formed at a meeting Thursday, April 24th. The following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Marc Estrin; vice president, Mrs. David Tobias; secretary, Mrs. Phillip Barr; treasurer, Mrs. Max
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PARIS (Press Release) — Continuing threats from French-born Jihadists returning from Syria was the main issue raised today by leaders of an international delegation of Jewish leaders from the Simon Wiesenthal Center during a meeting with French President Francois Hollande. The 20-member delegation is in Paris to inaugurate the Wiesenthal Center’s new historic exhibition on
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Virginia Republican primary was the lead story which the U-T culled from the Associated Press and The Washington Post. It quoted Cantor’s victorious opponent, tea party factionist David Brat, as exulting: “This is a miracle from God that just happened.” Brent
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountySAN DIEGO (Press Release) –– Tifereth Israel Synagogue in the San Diego neighborhood of San Carlos is breaking the mold in local synagogue financing by eliminating mandatory membership dues and asking congregants to contribute what they wish. Administrators at the Conservative congregation are confident that members’ voluntary contributions will be more than enough to sustain
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyNetanyahu and president-elect Rivlin seek to put differences aside (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli president-elect MK Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately Wednesday to discuss their future work plans. The two have been bitter rivals despite being members of the same party, Likud. But as prime minister and president, their relationship cannot
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By J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — I was asked recently by a Presbyterian friend to write something explaining how I became involved in Israel advocacy and to describe what I thought were the main problems in that area. This is my response. I. Introduction By way of introduction, I’ll start with a quick bio and
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is too early to applaud, but there are some indications to encourage optimists. The forces of law may finally be moving seriously against the financial corruption that is serious, if not rampant, in Israeli business and politics. The clearest sign, and responsible for the word “de-Olmeritzation” coined by one
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the only Jewish Republican in either the Senate or the House of Representatives, was defeated Tuesday in his bid for an eighth term in a primary election by Dave Brat, affiliated with the “tea party” wing of the Republican party. Brat, an economics
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International, USABy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — “Avalanche,” I called it years ago, “an avalanche of scandals in the Obama administration.” That appellation is now a misnomer , depasse and risible. It has now assumed the monstrous proportion of a destructive hurricane, of a devastating earthquake, tremor following tremor. No good news is coming from the
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The House of Representatives came within a few votes of allowing the Bob Hope Airport to adopt a curfew on an amendment to the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Act proposed by Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), and Henry Waxman (D-Los Angeles). The amendment was defeated by
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Travel and Food, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-New York), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, delivered an opening statement on Tuesday, June 10, at the hearing on “Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One.” “With colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I am developing
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